Podcast Active Listening and Note-taking Form

Podcast Active Listening and Note-taking Form

Tips for Active Listening*

• Listen carefully for verbal cues!
• Listen for changes in tone and volume used by the speaker to emphasize points.
• Listen for the structure of the presentation (see this list of typical transition signals)
• Note main ideas and key elements.
• Note useful quotes and examples.
• Note things you don’t understand. Don’t leave these out; review them later.
• Listen in a place and at a time that enhances effective listening; avoid any distractions, including having other media open on your device!
• Use the pause, replay, stop and restart features that the podcast allows.

Note-taking Elements

Name:

Date:

Podcast Series Title:

Episode Title:

Date of Podcast Posting:

Interviewer and/or Guest Speakers:



Why did you select this podcast?





As you listen, note any facts that you find interesting/intriguing here:







As you listen/after you listen, write any questions you have about content in the podcast here:







After you listen, indicate any information with which you agree/disagree and explain why here:







*adapted from the University of New England's page found here